Projectile



Feb. 14, 1939. L, G SABATHE 2,147,550

PROJECTILE Filed Sept. 4, 1936 w 1/5 TOR a; SabaZ'h 2'' @24 2 Patented Feb. E41, 393% great" eater eaten Appiication September 4,

19st, Serial No. 99,463

lin France Septemberb, 1935 The present invention has for its object a machine resembling both a projectilehaving aerial sustaining means, on the one hand, and a submarine torpedo, on the other hand.

If the case be considered, for example of an aeroplane bomb equipped according to this combination, said bomb which is provided with aerial a sustaining means will be dropped at a certain distance or the ship'to be torpedoed, so that it encounters the water at a relatively short distance from the target.

The sustaining device is connected to the body of the projectile in such a manner that it breaks away on impact with the water. The bomb is provided with members for keeping it immersed, similar to those of a torpedo and, optionally. with an under-water propelling member (flywheel, rocket, air engine, etc.)

The accompanying drawing, which is given by way of example, relates to an aeroplane bomb according to this invention.

Fig. 1 shows an elevation of the torpedo-bomb with its wings.

Fig. 2 shows a detail on a fastening pivot for the wings.

The wings t are, for example, connected to the shell of the torpedo 52 by the pivot i which penetrates into the socket 2 fixed to the shell.

The pivot i is held in the socket Z by a rotating bolt 3 keyed on a pin provided with a lever 4 which is connected to the rod 1 having a spring 8 and a trigger 6.

The pin of the bolt 8 carries a second lever B which operates the starting lever H through the instrumentality of the rod 9 and spring Hi.

When the aerial trajectory of the torpedo is completed, it enters the water with a remaining speed. The action of the water on the trigger 6 unbolts the fastening oi the wings and the latter leave the body of the torpedo. ,The trigger 6 operates at the same time the lever B and the lever H, and this latter starts the engines actuating the propellers l3.

During the operation, the torpedo has become submerged, the water chamber has filled and the torpedo continues its submarine course, controlled by the usual hydrostatic piston and ballarger scale of the len ing said tubular members in a locked position,

ance gear devices and the arrangement for transmitting their movement to the horizontal rudder.

The advantages obtained are in particularthe great speed of the bomb (or of the projectile) compared with that of the torpedo, the certainty of hitting the target when the shot is good for direction, whereas it has also to be good for range in the case of the classical bomb (or projectile) ships to the charges of explosive.

The same advantages are also obtained by the use of projectiles having sustaining means, fired from a ship and operating as torpedoes at the end of their trajectory.

The applications can optionally be combined with the propulsion of the machine in the air by means of a rocket. I

It is of course understood that these projectiles d themselves to various methods and forms of construction which do not exceed the scope of o the invention, as well as to numerous variations in design and inv mounting.

Onthe other hand, other members and means tending towards the same object or producing the same eifect can-be substituted for those described or illustrated by way of example, with- 2 out exceeding the scope of the'invention.

I claim:

A device of thecharacter described comprising a torpedo, a tubular member mounted thereon, aerial sustaining means, a second tubular member connected to said aerial sustaining means and slidably mounted within said first mentioned tubular member, a semi-circular member pivotally mounted on one side of said first mentioned tubular member, said tubular members each having an opening in one side so arranged as to permit said semi-circular member to enter both at the same time in the capacity of a key for retainand the greater vulnerability of the vital parts of a trigger mounted on said torpedo actuated upon 0 contact with water upon' submergence of said torpedo, an arm extending from said trigger, a second arm for rotating said semi-cir ular member pivotally connected at one end to said first arm and a spring tending to retain said semicircular memberin said openings.

LOUIS easrons'anarirn 

